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The organizers of the annual Welcome to Rockville festival have announced the complete schedule for this year’s festival, including performance times for each act on the bill.

Courtesy: Ashton-Magnuson Media

Digital Summer and World Gone kick off this year’s festival. Digital Summer and World Gone are schedule to open the festival at 11:15am on the Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage and Jagermeister Stage respectively. Cathercist, winner of the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, is up next at 11:45am ET on the Ernie Ball Stage. Within Reason and Ghost of War will open the festival’s second day at noon on the Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage and Jagermeister Stage respectively. The complete performance schedule for the weekend’s events is included below.

Performance times for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville are as follows (subject to change):

Saturday, April 26

MonsterEnergy Fire MuseumStage

11:15 AM Digital Summer

12:30 PM Rev Theory

2:00 PM Adelitas Way

3:30 PM Hellyeah

5:15 PM Chevelle

7:15 PM A Day To Remember

9:40 PM Avenged Sevenfold

MonsterEnergy Metropolitan ParkStage

11:45 PM Gemini Syndrome

1:15 PM Middle Class Rut

2:45 PM Chiodos

4:15 PM Alter Bridge

6:15 PM Volbeat

8:20 PM The Cult

Jägermeister Stage

11:15 AM World Gone

12:30 PM Silvertung (Jägermeister Band)

2:00 PM Evergreen Terrace

3:30 PM Smile Empty Soul

5:15 PM Memphis May Fire

7:15 PM We Came As Romans

Ernie Ball Stage

11:45 AM Cathercist (Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winner)

1:15 PM Monster Truck

2:45 PM We As Human

4:15 PM Devour The Day

6:15 PM Fozzy

Sunday, April 27

MonsterEnergy Fire MuseumStage

Noon Within Reason

1:15 PM Sick Puppies

2:35 PM Black Label Society

4:15 PM Seether

6:25 PM Five Finger Death Punch

8:50 PM Korn

MonsterEnergy Metropolitan ParkStage

12:35 PM The Pretty Reckless

1:55 PM Black Stone Cherry

3:25 PM Theory of a Deadman

5:15 PM Staind

7:35 PM Rob Zombie

Jägermeister Stage

Noon Ghost Of War (Jägermeister Band)

1:15 PM Kyng

2:35 PM Lacuna Coil

4:15 PM Emmure

6:25 PM Motionless In White

Ernie Ball Stage

12:35 PM Twelve Foot Ninja

1:55 PM Nothing More

3:25 PM Butcher Babies

5:15 PM Trivium

Courtesy: Ashton-Magnuson Media

Before the bands take to their respective stages, audiences will be treated to Monster Energy’s Welcome to Rockville Official Pre-Party Friday, April 25th. The Pre-Party is presented by X102.9 and Bud Light and will feature performances by Rev Theory and more. It will be held at 1904 Music Hall (19 N. Ocean Street in downtown Jacksonville, FL). It is free to ticketholders that are 21 and older. Ticketholders that want to attend the Pre-Party must show their festival tickets at 1904 Music Hall to get a Pre-Party wristband in advance. Wristbands are in limited quality. So they will be first come first serve beginning at 12pm ET on Friday, April 25th. Doors open at 8pm. The show will start at 9pm.

The organizers of the Carolina Rebellion Festival have announced a change to the weekend of the annual concert festival. It has been announced that Motorhead will no longer be on the lineup for this year’s festival.

Organizers released the following statement regarding the lineup change: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have learned that Motorhead will be unable to perform at Monster Energy’s Carolina Rebellion in Concord, NC May 3rd. We are working hard to find a replacement artist, so stay tuned to http://www.CarolinaRebellion.com for further updates.”

The Carolina Rebellion Festival is the mid-Atlantic region’s biggest annual rock festival. It will return to Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC May 3rd and 4th, 2014. The current band lineup for this year’s edition of the Carolina Rebellion Festival is listed below.

Bands announced for the festival will perform on one of three separate stages throughout the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Those stages are the: Carolina Stage, Rebellion Stage, and Jagermeister Stage.

Tickets for the 2014 edition of the Carolina Rebellion Festival are on sale now. This includes Camping, Hotel, VIP Packages, and Weekend 4-packs and upgrades. All camping and hotel packages include access to the Friday Night Campground Party. Active military members can purchase tickets once again at a discount. More information for all ticketing, including military discounts, is available online at http://www.CarolinaRebellion.com.

The weather is cold across much of the country. But don’t tell organizers of the annual Summer concert festival series. Details for the annual Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion Festival have been made official. This year’s Carolina Rebellion Festival—the third of four events that comprise “The 2014 World’s Loudest Month–will be held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday and Sunday, May 3rd and 4th. Avenged Sevenfold and Kid Rock will share headlining duties at this year’s festival. They will be joined by Rob Zombie, Five Rob ZomFinger Death Punch, 311, Motorhead, Staind, Seether, Volbeat and more. Avenged Sevenfold (also known by its fans as AX7) also performed at last year’s inaugural Carolina Rebellion Festival, which sold out. The current performance schedule for this year’s festival is listed below.

Bands announced for the festival will perform on one of three separate stages throughout the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Those stages are the: Carolina Stage, Rebellion Stage, and Jagermeister Stage.

Tickets for the 2014 edition of the Carolina Rebellion Festival go on sale this Friday, January 31st at 10am ET. This includes Camping, Hotel, VIP Packages, and Weekend 4-packs and upgrades. All camping and hotel packages include access to the Friday Night Campground Party. Active military members can purchase tickets once again at a discount. More information for all ticketing, including military discounts, is available online at http://www.CarolinaRebellion.com.

Organizers of the Fort Rock Festival have announced the details for the annual hard rock music festival. This year’s festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 26th. It will be held at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida. The list of this year’s performers includes: Seether, Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry, Sick Puppies, Trivium, Skindred, The Pretty Reckless, KYNG, Nothing More, Twelve Foot Ninja, and a bunch more. Veteran hard rock act Korn will share headlining duties at this year’s festival with Five Finger Death Punch.

When asked about performing at this year’s festival (its second) 5FDP drummer Jeremy Spencer spoke on behalf of the band. He expressed the band’s excitement in being invited to headline the show and what it means to play along with some of 5FDP’s favorite bands, and for its fans in Florida. “5FDP is incredibly excited to be part of the kickoff of the World’s Loudest Month,” he said. “Having already ‘rocked’ Rockville, this will be our first time bringing it to Fort Myers. We are blessed to have so many fans in Florida that made it possible for the band to step up as a festival headliner standing beside giants like Korn and Rob Zombie! Thank you, Florida. See you all soon!” Festival co-producer Clay Bush of Danny Wimmer Presents shared the excitement of all of the bands in speaking about the festival celebrating its second year. “After a great first year, we couldn’t be more excited to return to JetBlue Park with an amazing band lineup and fantastic partners,” Bush said.

Photo Credit: Chad Martel Photography

Organizers are offering audiences a special limited time discounted ticket pre-sale from Tuesday, January 28th – Thursday, January 30th. During this short sale, a limited number of discounted general admission tickets will be available for purchase. Each day’s prices are listed below (plus fees). Passwords can be obtained for the pre-sale online at http://www.RevolverMag.com and http://www.FloridaWeekly.com.

Tuesday, January 28: $29.50

Wednesday, January 29: $39.50

Thursday, January 30: $45.50

Regularly priced General Admission tickets will go on sale Friday, January 31st at 10a.m.ET at http://www.FortRockFestival.com and via all Ticketmaster outlets. General Admission tickets start at $49.50 and VIP tickets start at $99.50 each. Prices increase February 10th. Tickets can also be purchased at all Pita Pit locations for $50, with no service fees. A limited number of discounted General Admission tickets for the military will be available for just $29. They can be purchased online at http://www.govx.com.

The Fort Rock Festival is the opening concert of a series of concert festivals produced by Danny Wimmer Presents and AEG Live. Also among that list of concerts presented by Danny Wimmer Presents and AEG Live is are: Rock on the Range and Carolina Rebellion. It is also part of the kickoff of the World’s Loudest Month and the Florida kickoff along with Monster Energy’s Welcome to Rockville. It is sponsored by Monster Energy, Jack Daniels, Jagermeister, and f.y.e. More information on the Fort Rock Festival is available online at http://www.FortRockFestival and http://www.facebook.com/fortrockfestival. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Thirty-five years. That is how much time will have passed since John Carpenter’s modern horror flick Halloween originally premiered as of this October. In the three decades plus that have passed since this modern horror classic made its debut, it has not lost any of its luster. Rather, it has garnered who new generations of fans the world over. It has seen multiple sequels and re-issues over those years. It’s even been re-made with honor by horror aficionado Rob Zombie. And now in celebration of its upcoming thirty-fifth anniversary, Anchor Bay Entertainment is rewarding the loyalty of the movie’s fans with a brand new thirty-fifth anniversary Blu-ray re-issue. The upcoming Blu-ray re-issue will be available in stores and online this Tuesday, September 24th. There are those that might have their say about this latest re-issue of Halloween, complaining about this or that about it. What those complainers might not realize is that over the decades, the movie has garnered so many new fans, thus making re-issues necessary. No one re-issue is going to be perfect. Audiences on both sides of the fence need to keep this in mind before complaining. That is in itself a massive statement about this movie. And directly tied in to that is this generation and previous generations getting to potentially learn new facts about the movie possibly never before known thanks to the movie’s bonus features. More than anything else, this latest re-issue is a welcome addition to any horror fan’s home library because by comparison, so many of today’s horror flicks are dry, shallow shadows of this classic. They pale in comparison. Having this one still available to the masses is a huge boon not only to movie lovers and horror lovers, but to the movie industry itself. It serves to all as a reminder of horror done right. All this kept in mind, this brand new thirty-fifth anniversary Blu-ray re-issue of Halloween is one not just for one generation but for a whole new generation.

The thirty-fifth anniversary Blu-ray re-issue of Halloween is a re-issue for not just one generation but for the generations that have all grown up with this slasher horror flick. There are so many people out there that seem to make it their duty to do nothing but complain about it. Those people are obviously not true fans of the movie. Only so much bonus material can be crammed into a movie with each re-issue before it’s been seen before. That needs to be understood right here, right now. Anyone that already owns the movie in its previous releases will likely see many of the same bonus features in this re-issue as those re-issues. But there are those that have never before had the chance to add this movie to their home library. So keeping that in mind, for those people this re-issue is a brand new experience save for the movie. Even with the movie alone, it could be like taking a trip back in time to a better time in some audiences’ eyes.

Watching the movie itself on a brand new re-issue for some may not seem like much. For others, it’s a wonderful trip back in time, as some of the fans point out in this re-issue’s bonus documentary, “The Night She Came Home.” Those fans really show just what the movie means to them years later. They even talk about it with their own children right there. These testimonials are just part of what makes this a welcome addition to this re-issue’s bonus features list. Audiences discover through this bonus feature that star Jamie Lee Curtis is in fact not a horror movie fan. She openly admits this early on in the documentary. That’s a huge surprise to this critic at least. There’s even more historical perspective added to the movie thanks to the book style case in which the Blu-ray is packaged. The “book” style packaging includes copious notes written by Stef Hutchinson. The notes in question take viewers even deeper into the movie’s history alongside the vintage set photos.

It should be clear by now just what makes the new thirty-fifth anniversary Blu-ray re-issue of John Carpenter’s Halloween such an important re-issue. This is especially the case being that not only is the thirty-fifth anniversary of this landmark horror movie right around the corner, but because Halloween itself is right around the corner. So many movies since Halloween have tried, but failedto live up to the legend that surrounds this classic. Those movies pale in comparison. And now with its in depth bonus features, a whole new generation will discover just how important and timeless this classic horror movie is and always will be. It is available now in stores and online and can be ordered direct from the Anchor Bay website at http://www.anchorbayent.com/detail.aspx?ProjectId=972a6546-4a98-459c-81a2-9c0800e596f5#. More information on this and other titles from Anchor Bay is available at the Anchor Bay website, http://www.anchorbayent.com and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AnchorBayEnt. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Shock rocker Rob Zombie will close out this year’s “Great American Nightmare” festival. The month long horror and music festival will be held at the Fearplex in Pomona, just outside Los Angeles. It will be held every Thursday through Sunday during the month of October. This year’s festival will include music performances, screenings of classic horror films, a haunted house, and lots of food and a variety of beverages. The haunted house is run by Steve Kopelman, one of the nation’s preeminent haunted house producers. Kopelman’s haunted house will have three attractions, all of which will be based on Zombie’s own films.

The music side of the “Great American Nightmare” will be just as entertaining as the haunted house and movies. Each Thursday during the month of October will feature alternative bands. Fridays will see electronica/dance acts. And most Saturdays will feature hard rock and metal, while Sundays will feature music from Latin acts. Among some of the music festival’s most notable acts are: 3OH!3, 45 Grave, Beware Of Darkness, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Butcher Babies, Duane Peters, Eagles Of Death Metal, Ghost Town, Mod Sun, Motionless In White, Powerman 5000, TSOL, The Dickies, The Vandals, and Wallpaper.

Tickets to the “Great American Nightmare” are available now starting at thirty dollars. They can be purchased online at http://GreatAmericanNightmare.com. VIP packages are also available at the Great American Nightmare website. Tickets include: Access to all haunted house attractions, concerts and Bloody Boulevard activities. Tickets can also be bought on-site at the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona Fairplex from August 30th to September 29th. The full lineup for the “Great American Nightmare” Music Festival is listed below.

Thursday, October 10: 3OH!3, Wallpaper

Friday, October 11: Blood On The Dance Floor, HeavyGrinder

Saturday, October 12: Kottonmouth Kings, Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie

Sunday, October 13: Ozomatli, with special guest

Thursday, October 17: The Used, William Control

Friday, October 18: DJ Bl3nd, DirtyLoud, One More Time (Daft Punk Tribute)

Metal Alliance Tour headliners Anthrax had a couple very special guests last night at the tour’s sold out stop in Hollywood, CA. The tour made a stop at the Hollywood, CA House of Blues last night. Much to the surprise of audiences in attendance, Anthrax was joined on stage during its set by none other than Public Enemy front man Chuck D. and guitarist Slash. Slash joined the band on-stage for its performance of AC/DC’s hit, ‘T.N.T.’ Slash covered lead guitar duties for this performance. Later in the night’s performance, Chuck D. surprised everyone when he came on stage and performed ‘Bring The Noise’ with the band. The band originally recorded this song with Public Enemy in 1991.

Photo Credit: Stephanie Cabral

Slash and Chuck D. were just a couple of the celebrities in house for last night’s stop on the Metal Alliance Tour. Kerry King (Slayer), John Tempesta (The Cult, Rob Zombie), Justin Chendellor (Tool), Brendon Small (Dethklok) and actor/musician Brian Posehn were also on hand for last night’s show.

The Metal Alliance Tour runs through late April. It was in San Francisco, CA tonight. Friday, the tour—also featuring Municipal Waste, Exodus, High on Fire, and Holy Grail—will be at the Roseland Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Fans in North Carolina will get the chance to see the band live when it makes a stop at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte. And right now, fans can get the chance to see Anthrax for Free when the tour comes to Charlotte next month. The Phil’s Picks Facebook page and the Tremont Music Hall together are giving away a pair of tickets to see the band free. Along with the tickets, one lucky fan will also win a copy of the band’s new EP, Anthems. Fans need just go to the Phil’s Picks Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Once that’s done, fans need only send a message or write on the Phil’s Picks timeline indicating that they want in on the contest. One lucky person’s name will be drawn Friday morning at 9am. The tickets to the show will be at Will Call at the Tremont Music Hall. The winner can either pick up the CD in person or have it mailed to them.